I’m so sorry. My own mother has a horrible memory, is a huge fucking liar, and rewrites history so she won’t feel horrible about the things she has done. She is thin-skinned and perceives every comment as a criticism so she’s always defensive. 

Hi Jezzies. Glad to see a Friday open thread so that I can publish the latest installment of “tsarinaz2016 reminds you that no, actually you don’t want to be 17 again”:

I think it’s totally normal, and healthy, to have an “oh shit” moment after making a big move like that. It’s brave and brave can be terrifying. Hang in there and you’ll be ok. <3

I quit a job I had for 22 years to do my own thing, and now I’m thinking I fucked up pretty hard. The business was going down the tubes in a slow death as our particular niche industry dies. Everyone was close to or in their 60s except me (more than a decade younger than them), so they were looking to ride out the…

Waiting to board a plane for early Xmas with the family, since I’ll be working on the holiday. The deep hurting starts immediately, as I spend two days with my sister. She’s successfully employed, with two children, and my parents enjoy having granddaughters to entertain and look after.

So, I’m kind of making myself feel awful right now because I’m skipping out on another social event. I’ve been living in a new place since August and have basically made no friends. I joined two meetup groups. One I went once, and have cancelled on everything since. Another I was going to regularly, but they stopped…

Ladies, I’m “new” here. I’ve commented a few times and I’ve been reading Jezebel for years now. I don’t know if this is allowed, and I feel fairly pathetic for even putting it out there.

Thanks. It has been horrible. His gaslighting attempts made me feel like I did when we were together. I want to sleep for a month.

i wanna schmooze & booze it up !

Abusive ex flew here on my fucking dime this week to sign over his rights to my kid so my husband can adopt her. He freaked out in the lawyer’s office, called me and screamed at me for thirty minutes, and generally acted so crazy that the lawyer ethically couldn’t let him sign, even though he said he would. Then he…

You ever know that you’ve really fucked your entire life up? And the life of your husband? And the life of your child? I’ve been sobbing at my desk for the last 3 hours. I’m nearly 30 and I have everything I thought I ever wanted. And I’m miserable. I’ve never had so much self loathing and that’s really saying…

I’m currently emailing fake documents to Trump suggesting Pence is in a conspiracy with his daughter to have him assassinated by a group of gay Mexican immigrants who support climate change.

Yeah, I agree with what you’re saying, but I think that “We’re not having gifts because you need to learn how much life sucks” is just a more shocking way of saying something along the lines of “We’re not having as many gifts this year because we want to give to those who need it more,” if that makes sense. My mom…

I’d go to your church!

I keep seeing people say this, and this is not reassuring. What is the point of the office, particularly in the end, if you’re holding back using it? The last year is when you’re supposed to go all out if you need to, and never has their been a more appropriate time in our history than with the election of someone…

Here’s the thing about obama: He’s young and he is still EXTREMELY popular. He is going to be a powerful political voice in the United States for DECADES to come.

While rationally I am inclined to agree with you, I would feel a lot more comforted if he would, like, blink in morse code to let us know he doesn’t mean it or something.

Hell, Dubya’s gonna look like a fucking genius after 4 years of Trump.

I do feel bad for Melania and Tiffany, in ascending order. Melania signed up for this, kind of, but she is so obviously ill at ease in the roll she has been placed in, and I can’t imagine that is an egalitarian marriage. Tiffany is an adult, but a young one. She hasn’t really had much choice in the matter, and aside…

Slightly off-topic: IS anybody other than me finding it a little creepy that his daughter Ivanka, seems to be preparing to fulfill the FLOTUS role? It seems that Melania has little or no interest in being FLOTUS. In fact, her attitude this entire time has been more along the lines of “I did not sign up for this.”